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The equipment which started it all. It has been around for a few years now and is still the best as far as I'm concerned. It is cheaper than the other systems around it has a much longer range, it is very strong and doesn't look like a crappy toy gun.
 European hand unit and headset. |
 Details of hand unit. |
Here's a bunch of general stuff which I've taken from the old FAQ
Don't worry about the very 'colourful' headset, you get a sheet of stickers for the gun and headset and you don't have to put any of them on! In this picture there are no stickers on the gun, but the head set is covered with them. All of our gear is now black, so you can imagine they look much better.
What's that bit on the front?
On the front of the headset is a 'visor' this lets you see your remaining hit-points (HP). Your HP is reflected from a 7 segment LED display (on the front of the headset) onto the visor. The LED display is reversed on the headset and is reflected around the right way on the visor. The visor clips on under the headset and is capable of swinging outwards so that you are not looking through it. This may look pretty good but Razor Team don't like it that much. It is disorientating running around with half your vision darkend and a big red number in front of you.
So we take it off. But what about the score? It's better when you don't know when your about to die and it's not that hard to count how many hits you've taken. What I like to do is look at the reflection on my watch, this works really well and takes no time. I also got some mirrors cut 1" X 1" so that you can put them on your gun or on your wrist to check your HP.
What does the 'Hand-Unit' do?
The hand-unit shoots the infra-red beam, which is then detected by the headset. The hand-unit has two triggers. The main trigger, located in the normal place, fires the beam. It can be held for continuous 'rapid' fire (five shots/second), the amount of shots is unlimited. The second trigger, called the 'High Power Button', increases the amount of damage the shot does. A normal shot causes 1 point of damage and the high power button (also called the '3-shot' button by us) causes 3 points of damage. To use the high power shot you have to press the '3-shot' button
and then press the normal trigger to fire it. When the '3-shot' button is pressed a quick pulsing tone will be heard from the hand-unit, you then have 6 seconds to press the main trigger to fire the shot, otherwise it will be lost. And you only get 10 high powered shots. Considering you only have 9 hit-points, they come in very handy (you can get killed in 3 shots!).
How do you play?
The headset and the hand-unit both have on/off switches. Each switch has three positions, A, OFF, B.
Before turning on the gear decide the teams, and pick weither to be team A or Team B. Once this is decided Team A turns all their gear to the A position and Team B switches all their equipment to the B position. Now your ready to play!
What is the Lock-On Function?
When the hand-unit is turned on it will make a continuous beep (every second or so...), and when it is pointed at a headset (on a different setting) a rapid beeping sound will be heard from the headset along with the flashing of a H on the 7 segment LED display. This means that if you shoot now your guaranteed to hit. But having a continuous beep from the hand-unit makes it very hard to hide, also when you hear your headset beep you duck instantly so the shooter usually misses, bad for the shooter. But it is possible to turn the Lock-On function off, which is what Razor Team always does. All you have to do is hold down the '3-shot' button and turn the gun on. The gun will make two quick beeps then the firing sound and after that it wil be silent, deadly silent........ Now the Lock-On function is off, so you can point the hand-unit at someones headset and it won't make a sound! Great for ambushes etc.
What happens when your shot?
When you get hit your headset will make a loud beeping sound for a second or so, also the LED display and the other LED (I havn't told you about this yet) which is inside the sensor dome will flash quickly. So you know when your hit and when you've hit someone. When hit with the high power shot the beeping and flashing last a bit longer (and you sigh....).
What other features does it have?
There are a couple more things it can do, if you hold down main trigger when turning the gun on it will decrease its range (not sure how much) for playing in confined areas. Also there is a practice function available. When turning on the headset shoot at it with a hand-unit and it will change the HP to 0. After this it will go blank completely and every 5 seconds after that it will flash a H for 0.25 of a second. You have to shoot the H and the quicker you do it the more points you get at the end (it keeps a tally of your score and displays it after five shots).
Well I think that's it! Except for one thing which I would like to put here, coz I thought it was quite funny. It is a quote out of the SEGA Lock-On instruction sheet:
"Warnings:
The headset should not be used as protection for the head. Do not drive with the headset on."
